Re: Disk problems with Slackware 14.1 and WD EIDE drives

John Crowhurst wrote:
> On 02/02/2015 19:22, Bob McConnell wrote:
>> Jostein Berntsen wrote:
>>> On 02.02.15,13:41, Bob McConnell wrote:
>>>> Jostein Berntsen wrote:
>>>>> On 02.02.15,12:30, Bob McConnell wrote:
>>>>>> I have two computers with WD IDE drives running Slackware 14.1. 
>>>>>> Both of them
>>>>>> have been giving me the same set of error messages which don't 
>>>>>> make any
>>>>>> sense to me. Can anyone tell me what is going on with them?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369664] ata1.00: 
>>>>>> configured for
>>>>>> UDMA/100
>>>>>> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369690] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 
>>>>>> Unhandled
>>>>>> sense code
>>>>>> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369694] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda]
>>>>>> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369700] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda]
>>>>>> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369709]         72 03 11 
>>>>>> 04 00 00 00
>>>>>> 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
>>>>>> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369720]         00 11 3c bf
>>>>>> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369725] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda]
>>>>>> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369731] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 
>>>>>> CDB:
>>>>>> Dec 28 10:53:59 workdesk kernel: [91574.369767] ata1: EH complete
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The disk specs are
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Model Family:     Western Digital Caviar Blue EIDE
>>>>>> Device Model:     WDC WD3200AAJB-00WGA0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The most troublesome is running the huge kernel on a Pentium 4. (Dell
>>>>>> Optiplex GX240). Most of the resulting file system errors show up 
>>>>>> in sda2,
>>>>>> which is the /usr partition. Several applications are no longer 
>>>>>> functional,
>>>>>> so it appears to be losing active sectors to this error.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My biggest question is why is there an unhandled code? Shouldn't 
>>>>>> this kernel
>>>>>> know how to handle all of the status codes the disk can generate?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Can you run "smartctl -a /dev/sda" and see if you get some more useful
>>>>> information then?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jostein
>>>>
>>>> I get a lot of data, but I haven't been able to interpret it well 
>>>> enough to
>>>> know if it is useful. Where can I got an explanation of what all of 
>>>> this
>>>> means?
>>>>
>>>> Bob McConnell
>>>> N2SPP
>>>
>>> These seems like typical bad block errors which can mean that the 
>>> disk is
>>> not well. See this for more information on what you can check:
>>>
>>> http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/badblockhowto.html
>>>
>>> Jostein
>>
>> If that is the case, the hard part will be to find a replacement 
>> drive. Anybody know where I can get some new IDE drives?
>>
> 
> It may seem a silly question, but could you not simply buy a PCI SATA 
> card and use SATA drives instead of IDE?
> 
> Best,
> 
> John

Not so silly, but I do not recall ever seeing one. Every SATA interface 
I have seen was built into the mother board. Looks like I have some 
research to do.

Thank you,

Bob McConnell
N2SPP